Smart Email Overview

The Smart Email solution provides the ability for users to interact with Service Manager through email messages. The supported features are as follows:

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Automatic record creation based on an inbound email

Automatic reply with links to solutions suggested by virtual agent Sage

Email-based approval for service catalog items

Email-based commenting

Integrating with Smart Ticket

Supporting Hot Topic Analytics for interactions or incidents created from email

The following diagram provides an overview of the Smart Email solution.

As shown in the diagram, users can interact with Service Manager by using emails:

When a user sends an email to Service Manager, the email is regarded as an inbound email to the system. Based on the inbound email, Service Manager can create or update a record. If Smart Analytics is enabled, the system automatically categorizes and assigns the record, and then the virtual agent replies to the user with the suggested solutions. For more information, seeAutomatic record creation.

When Service Manager sends an email to a user, the email is regarded as an outbound email from the system. In the outbound email, suggested solutions and action buttons are embedded for the user to perform any appropriate task by replying the email. For more information, see Automatic record update.

The following diagram is an example about how the smart email solution is configured and how it works:

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